New Website is Born...and an old one dies!

I'm doing my very best to create this site to meet the needs of the readers: What do you want to know about death rites around the world?

Let's talk for a minute about something personal. The death of my mother.

Rosemary Stacey died some 16, almost 17 years ago. She wished to be cremated, and it was done. When my father picked up her ashes from the funeral home, he discarded them while traveling down a highway - by opening the car window and letting the wind take them away.

I was not asked, nor was I able to participate.

This was not a useful ritual, by any stretch of the imagination. It smacked of refuse disposal, or littering.

Anyone with any similar stories to share? Post them here, or if they are personal...send them to me at: editordeathwrites@sbcglobal.net

Love!
K